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Further, the apex court asked the PIL petitioner organisation, Swaraj Abhiyan, to file an affidavit stating direction not taken by the government.

“Swaraj Abhiyan, to file an affidavit flagging five or six direction that have not been complied with by the drought-hit states for initiation of contempt,” the court noted.

Swaraj Abhiyan had sought the court’s intervention for relief to the poor people in drought-affected states, including Gujarat, Bihar and Haryana. However, the said states have resisted the suggestion that they declare some of their districts as drought-affected.